Vietnam needs to develop a strong domestic banking and financial sector that can provide a guaranteed funding base for decarbonising the oil economy, Kanni Wignaraja, UN Assistant Secretary-General and UNDP Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, told the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) on July 29.

VOV.VN - Kanni Wignaraja, assistant secretary general of the UN and regional director of UNDP for Asia and the Pacific, expressed her delight at the nation’s strong commitments to climate change response, including energy transition.

VOV.VN - Deputy Defence Minister Hoang Xuan Chien has called for greater support to be provided by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) for Vietnam in overcoming post-war bombs, mines, and unexploded ordnance (UXO) and in UN peacekeeping missions.

With the new multi-dimensional poverty line approved last year, the near poor and poor household rate in Vietnam increases from 5.2% in 2020 to 9.35% this year, meaning an additional 10 million people to benefit from the Government’s social protection and poverty reduction policies and programmes.

The UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Vietnam and the Embassy of Japan (EOJ) jointly launched in Hanoi on July 6 the global strategic partnership between UNDP and the Government of Japan to advance responsible business practices in Japanese companies and their supply chains in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Developing a circular economy can be viewed as key to achieving sustainable development and to helping Vietnam meet its climate change commitment of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050, said a Government official on June 28.

Grassroots telemedicine solution using 4.0 technology has helped address geographical distance, enabling commune health staff in mountainous areas to seek consultation from their colleagues at the district and higher levels.

VOV.VN - The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in February approved a new Country Program Document from 2022 to 2026 for a green, prosperous Vietnam with no one left behind.

VOV.VN - The UN Development Programme (UNDP) will help build an additional 1,450 flood-resistant houses for poor households in coastal provinces of Vietnam in the future, said Caitlin Wiesen, resident representative of the UNDP in Vietnam.

All countries need to make stronger commitments and take more drastic and effective measures to demonstrate their responsibility for the sustainable development of the ocean economy.